Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042232
MRDS ID M058626
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06662, 39.87578 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position 13,000 FT S E OF TREASURE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 002W 09 SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INEXACT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clays

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sunrise Peak Stock
    Rock description Sunrise Peak Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06662, 39.87578

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFATARIC ALTERATION FROM PYRITE WEATHERING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Noranda Exploration
    Home office Lakewood Colo
    First year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Spenst M. Hansen
    Home office Eureka, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW HAND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ORE FOUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.